Five ways Middlesbrough can overcome Arsenal in the FA Cup

After managing to see off Manchester City in the last round of the FA Cup, Middlesbrough now face an equally tough away trip to Arsenal if they want to progress.

Now whilst some of their fans might think that is just their bad luck, and pine for a tie against one of the lesser sides left in the competition, it will at least give Aitor Karanka and his men the chance to raise their game and get to strut their stuff at a stadium they could well be visiting in the league next season if all goes to plan with their promotion aims.

The club are a strong outfit and while Arsenal are most people’s favourites, we would never put it past the Championship side to cause another upset and here are five ways we think they can do that.

Click on free scoring duo Kike and Bamford to see just how we think the Boro can gun down Arsenal.

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